Languages of Northern Africa
From vowel-less words to complex poetry, Berber to Somali.
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Episode Notes
Despite Arabic becoming the dominant linguistic culture across many majority Muslim countries, hundreds of local languages persist—for example, in Northern Africa. John McWhorter discusses some of what makes Afro-Asiatic languages, like Berber, Somali, and Cushitic, so distinct.
Podcast production by Mike Vuolo.
